Cat Rylance reports on the Hands Off the People of Iran meeting at Manchester University On October 22, after two weeks of building, holding a daily stall, leafleting and publicising, the Manchester branch of Hands Off the People of Iran held a meeting to discuss the situation in Iran. The meeting, held in the University of ...
On 8 August 2008 Nader Zarebi, an asylum seeker from Iran, hanged himself in a park in Longsight, Manchester after being made homeless from his accommodation. Forced into destitution and homelessness, with no legal way to support himself, fearful of losing his life if returned to Iran where hundreds of political prisoners are executed every ...
Transphobia is completely unacceptable, writes Robbie Folkard A furore has erupted at Manchester University after one set of toilets in the student union building was made gender-neutral, the toilets formerly being ‘ladies’ and ‘gents’ now being merely ‘toilets’ and ‘toilets with urinals’. The idea was to provide trans (gender-variant) students with toilet facilities where they would no ...
The threats against Iran are growing, the biggest US fleet since 1992 are now in the Persian Gulf. Israel has set about dry run tests in the Mediterranean practising bombing raids against Iranian nuclear facilities. Inside Iran the threat of war is giving excuses for the regime to crack down on dissent. HOPI Manchester is ...
Well-mannered and inoffensive - the Convention of the Left illustrated the problem the left faces, writes Chris Strafford “It’s official - the left unites!” That is the bold claim made by the Convention of the Left in its September 22 bulletin. Those present agreed to the statement of intent that was developed by the CL ...
Mohsen Sabbagh saw a wholly unsatisfactory number of demonstrators in Manchester On Saturday September 20 the Stop the War Coalition, in conjunction with the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and Military Families Against the War, held a demonstration in Manchester to coincide with the Labour Party conference. It called for troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan and ...
Here we republish two letters concerning Communist Students attitude towards the 'Reclaim the Campus' conference which re-launched the Education Not for Sale front of the Alliance for Workers Liberty. These letters appeared first in the Weekly Worker. Absurd I write in astonishment at the absurdity of Ben Klein’s article, ‘Rebranding exercise flops’ (May 22). As part of ...
Manchester No Borders are mobilising for a demonstration in Manchester for Saturday, April 12. Read the demo call here. The day's events will also include a fayre in the city centre, street parties, squat parties and workshops in occupied spaces. Urbis (next to Victoria Station), 5pm
The potential for Student Respect in alliance with the Federation of Student Islamic Societies to make a breakthrough in student politics - and the contradictory results this would have for political and social ...